HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. Herald 09/20/1901C.P. Herald ~ ~
Our Boyd.
%C11hi}-avo there-no boys ih the 10th,'
llth,and 12th grades of the Central
Poipltsaahools? It will be well for the
parant~,;teachera and for the boys
themaslvss to try to solve this problem
ere it :is-.too lato.
The number of bays passing from the
eighth grade last d~Iay exceeded that
of the girls, yet no mention of that fact
was mnde..to encourage them.
Boys ,,are natural}y more reserved
than girls and need much more en-
eourngement in their work, yet few
peaple consider this fact.
Dr. Wine}~I, of Ohio, hae made boys
such a life study that he is~enthuaiastlc
in his work. One of his strongest
claims is :hat the boy ,should be kept
in school. Nittety per cent of the
crime comes from the boys who leave
school, and they ought- to -be kept in
school, no matter what the cost may be.
A boy's leaving school comes from a
misunderstanding of their .nature ns
they go from year to . yoar. If a boy
in his twelfth year is rated as one in
his sixth year it is revolting to the boy.
About the age of twelve is the transi-
tion period. During this passing from
boyhood into manhood he will be sour,
obstinate and seemingly disobedient.
This is the period when patience and
Wisdom is required on tl~e part of the
parent and teachel•. Before we can
have summer, we must have our March
days, when things are disgusting.
Before a boy can have his manhood,
there will be days when he is out of
the natural. If you wish him to be as
ho was when he was around your knee,
you wish him to be a fool. At this age
he demands manEy recognition; [f he is
.inept in a grade below his age the
hunger for manhood is stunned and, if
he can, h.: wits school, is turned upon
the public to be, in most eases, not a
success.
I.et us n1} encourage the older boys
to remniu in school.
We hear so much about towns being
stunted in growth by knocking ani
'I kicking. Can boys grow to noble man-
hood if they are knocked and kicked?
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